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RHEL 7 : PackageKit (RHSA-2018:1224)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 109338
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for PackageKit.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1224 advisory.PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distribution, cross-architecture API.
Security Fix(es):
* PackageKit: authentication bypass allows to install signed packages without administrator privileges (CVE-2018-1106)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Matthias Gerstner (SUSE) for reporting this issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL PackageKit package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1224.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?cc963c47
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1224
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 109338
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1224.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/25/2018
Updated: 11/5/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1106
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-yum-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-cron, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-yum, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-command-not-found, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:packagekit-glib
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1106